Ahead of the Appearance Day of ISKCON’s Founder-Acharya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Vyasa-puja book team has released the 2026 edition, marking 57 consecutive years of annual tributes compiled in his honor.
The new volume underscores the rapid international growth of Srila Prabhupada’s movement over the last five decades. In 1969, the inaugural book contained just seventeen temple homages, with Hamburg and London as the only participating centers outside North America. Today, the 2026 edition includes nearly 300 offerings sent from every corner of the globe.
In their introduction, the book team members Ananda Tirtha Dasa, Kaisori Devi Dasi, and Praghosa Dasa reflected on the spiritual foundation behind this expansion, citing the Sri Caitanya-caritamrta to highlight how Lord Caitanya empowers His devotees to bring about meaningful change in the world. The editors noted that as long as ISKCON remains grounded in Srila Prabhupada’s instructions, the number of homages will continue to multiply.
To accommodate this growing global readership, the team has made the publication easily accessible through its website, with features designed to help readers quickly find homages by region or category. The mobile-friendly website also includes a dropdown menu in the lower right that will translate the content into dozens of languages. The website also includes a 2026 photo gallery here and a yatra gallery here. To download a .pdf of the book, click here.
Source: https://iskconnews.org/57th-annual-vyasa-puja-book-showcases-global-reach-of-offerings/
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